Fields of Poison 2002
Author: Reeves, Margaret
Date Published: 2002
This report is a follow up to the 1999 report entitled "Fields of Poison: Californians and Pesticides". This report demonstrates that agricultural workers face greater threat of suffering from pesticide-related illnesses including acute poisonings and long-term effects such as cancer and birth defectsthan any other sector of society. Farmworkers, and often their children, are regularly exposed to pesticides in many ways: mixing or applying pesticides; planting, weeding, thinning, irrigating, pruning, harvesting, and processing crops; or living in or near treated fields. This report updates Fields of Poison. Since 1999, DPR the primary regulatory agency responsible for enforcing federal and state worker safety laws has improved pesticide illness reporting and completed important evaluations of enforcement program weaknesses. However, the most fundamental problems highlighted in Fields of Poison remain and farmworkers continue to face unacceptable threats of exposure to hazardous pesticides.
Date Published: 2002
This report is a follow up to the 1999 report entitled "Fields of Poison: Californians and Pesticides". This report demonstrates that agricultural workers face greater threat of suffering from pesticide-related illnesses including acute poisonings and long-term effects such as cancer and birth defectsthan any other sector of society. Farmworkers, and often their children, are regularly exposed to pesticides in many ways: mixing or applying pesticides; planting, weeding, thinning, irrigating, pruning, harvesting, and processing crops; or living in or near treated fields. This report updates Fields of Poison. Since 1999, DPR the primary regulatory agency responsible for enforcing federal and state worker safety laws has improved pesticide illness reporting and completed important evaluations of enforcement program weaknesses. However, the most fundamental problems highlighted in Fields of Poison remain and farmworkers continue to face unacceptable threats of exposure to hazardous pesticides.
